The Impact of Energy Policies on the Energy Efficiency Performance of Residential Properties in Portugal

José Alberto Fuinhas (), Matheus Koengkan, Nuno Silva, Emad Kazemzadeh, Anna Auza, Renato Santiago, Mônica Teixeira and Fariba Osmani
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Matheus Koengkan: GOVCOPP-DEGEIT, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Nuno Silva: CeBER and Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, Av. Dias da Silva 165, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal
Anna Auza: Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, 3004-512 Coimbra, Portugal
Renato Santiago: NECE-UBI and Management and Economics Department, University of Beira Interior, 6200-209 Covilhã, Portugal
Mônica Teixeira: Department of Economics, Federal Fluminense University, Niteroi 24210-201, Brazil
Fariba Osmani: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 1357, Iran

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-24

Abstract: The effect of energy policies on the energy performance of residential properties/houses in nineteen Portuguese districts from 2014 to 2021 was investigated. A linear random-effects model regression was used as the method in this empirical investigation. The empirical results indicated that the income per capita has a negative effect on residential properties with high energy efficiency certificates (e.g., A+ , A , and B ) and a positive impact on residential properties with low energy efficiency certificates (e.g., C , D , E , and F ); the codes and standards energy policies for energy efficiency have a positive effect on residential properties with high energy efficiency certificates (e.g., A , B , and B− ) and residential properties with low energy efficiency certificates (e.g., C , D , E , and F ); the fiscal and financial incentive policies for energy efficiency have a positive effect on residential properties with high energy efficiency certificates (e.g., A+ , A , and B ) and a negative effect on residential properties with B− energy certificate, and also a negative effect on residential properties with low energy efficiency certificates (e.g., C and D ) and a positive effect on residential properties with an F energy certificate; the information and education policies of energy efficiency have a positive effect on residential properties with high energy efficiency certificates (e.g., A+ , A , and B ) and residential properties with low energy efficiency certificates (e.g., C , D , and E ); and, finally, the consumer credit per capita has a positive effect on residential properties with high energy efficiency certificates (e.g., A+ , A , and B ) and a negative effect on residential properties with low energy efficiency certificates (e.g., C , D , and F ), as well as a positive effect on residential properties with an F energy certificate.

Keywords: energy efficiency; econometrics; EPCs; incentive policies; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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